(L-R) 2013 Dr. Norman C. Francis Service Award recipients Dr. Rosalind Hale '69, Division of Education and Counseling and Dr. John Okogbaa, Division of Clinical and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, were among the many Xavierites who volunteered at Nola for Life Day community service project in Gert Town this past weekend.

photo courtesy Dr. Judith Miranti

RITES OF SUMMER

Members of the Institutional Advancement and Admissions Staffs welcomed alumni, prospective students and their parents, and friends of Xavier to the annual Essence Fest in New Orleans: (L-R) Florina Sheard, Christian Taplin, Dr. Kenneth St. Charles, Nicole Summers, Holly Haydel Terrie '92 , and LaMont Hayes

photo by Irving Johnson III

MEMORIAL

Well-wishers flank Ahaji Amos, wife of the lateDr. Keith Amos ’92, their three daughters, and his sister, Dr. LaKica Amos ’00, following a special memorial service held on campus to celebrate the life of the highly-regarded and beloved physician who died in June. An endowed scholarship has been set-up in his name, visit HERE for more info.

photo courtesy Gia Soublet

PARDON OUR PROGRESS

Still another antiquated building – the long-vacant House of Studies, originally built to house religious neophytes and later used as a student residence hall – gives way to the wrecking ball, creating some additional green space to the campus.

Members of the Lake Charles Alumni Club and a few Xavier representatives gather inside the city’s Civic Center for “An Evening of Jazz, Dinner and Silent Auction”, a chapter-sponsored fundraising event.

Photo courtesy Lacrecia James

SMITHSONIAN INTERNS

(L-R) Jaleel Hill, a junior chemistry major from Raleigh NC, and Marcus Jackson, a junior biology/pre-med major from Covington GA – take in the grandeur of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, where they are involved in the conservation of the Apollo spacesuit collection and researching space commercialism, respectively. Admission into the summer internship program is highly selective.